A E Maltby Dies in Ketchikan Former Juneau Resident
A E Maltby, assistant United States district attorney based in Ketchikan, died of pneumonia shortly after midnight. Funeral services will be held by the Elks and Pioneers, with remains sent south on the Alameda for burial. Lester O Gore will accompany Maltby’s body. The Ketchikan Chronicle notes the community’s deep grief and respect for his longtime service.
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A. E. Maltby
United States District Attorney
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Alameda
Lester O. Gore
Spokane
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Ketchikan Chronicle
Alfred Maltby Alaska pioneer and respected lawyer
United States District Attorney Arthur G. Shoup paid tribute to Alfred E. Maltby, praising his long Alaska career since 1894. Shoup highlighted Maltby as a leading Alaska lawyer and public official who understood local issues and urged second chances for those who erred without intent.
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Arthur G. Shoup
Alfred E. Maltby
Alaska
Juneau
Dawson Miner Proves Stuff Men Made of Dawson Miner Proves Stuff Men Made of DAWSON, Y. T.
Louis Nadeau, alone on his claim on Chief Gulch, fell from a 22 foot ladder, breaking an arm and several ribs. He crawled to the surface and hiked 2.5 miles to neighbors Alcorn and Guilmetter, who fetched aid after a 20 mile round trip in bad conditions. He was taken to hospital and will recover.
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Louis Nadeau
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Robert Alcorn
Emil Guilmetter
First National Bank Shortage Leads to Arrest
In Chicago on December 1, national bank examiners found a $70,000 shortage at the First National Bank. Seth Anderson, manager of the clearing department, was arrested by the U.S. marshal and admitted taking the funds. He began as a 15 year old messenger in the bank.
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Heegan
U S Presents Straits Freedom View at Peace Conference
United States Ambassador Child presented a memorandum at the Lausanne peace conference asserting that full freedom of the Straits of Dardanelles for all nations should be secured by treaty rights rather than a joint international commission. The note states the US position on non-discrimination and emphasizes reliance on treaty law.
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Straits of Dardanelles
Employment changes by industry in November report
Washington December 21 employment rose in 31 industries and fell in 13 according to the Department of Labor monthly survey issued today.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Modern Woman Flayed in Address Before WCTU
Sydney Australia December 21 The dress and morals of today’s woman were condemned by Mrs Grant Forsythe at the annual Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention. She urged action against immodest speech smoking wine drinking betting and gambling while noting legislation and example as remedies. The group urged federal legislation in Australia to grant married women the right to retain British nationality on marriage and sought Empire wide uniformity on the issue. The secretary warned that marrying a foreigner could transfer nationality and require English consular aid abroad.
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Grant Forsythe
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Australia
Empire
British Ships Surpass U S Navy in Range
Washington December 21 Relative fighting efficiency of British and American battleships has been raised before the Senate naval committee reviewing the naval appropriation bill. British post war improvements are said to give the entire British fleet a range of 30,000 yards versus the maximum 20,000 for American warships except for the Tennessee California Maryland Colorado and West Virginia.
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California
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West Virginia
Dry Navy Claims Victory in Christmas Rum Runner Chase
New York December 21 officials of the dry navy said they won the Christmas battle with rum runners bound from the Bahamas to New York. They claim several hundred craft outside the three mile limit watched for entry but the fleet has been reduced to three boats.
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Mint Bandits Tactics Tied Across Cities
Vancouver police compare Denver mint bandit tactics to a prior civic payroll robbery. Sheriff Hall reports a gang surrounded in a ranch house as Denver riot squad heads to Greeley. Vancouver asks Denver for fingerprints after noting similarities between the two cases.
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Fingerprints Sent From Bloody Stock In Mint Bandit Case
Denver December 21 photographs of prints found on the bloody stock of a sawed off shotgun dropped by the mint bandits have been sent to the Chief of Police in Vancouver British Columbia for identification and action.
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Thirteen Die in Spokane Sleeping Sickness Case
Spokane health officials report three more deaths from sleeping sickness bringing the total to thirteen in two weeks. They say the cases are not epidemic nor related, and caution that the illness remains confined to the area.
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Spokane
Wash
Naval Bill Creates New Naval Conference Provision
The navy appropriation bill reported to the Senate includes a provision mandating a future disarmament conference to limit vessels under 10,000 tons. It authorizes $295 million, about $2 million more than the House total, while Senator Borah urged an international economic conference to foster stable finance and reduce armaments.
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House
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Senator McNary Pushes $500,000 for Astoria Harbor Dredging
Washington action reports Senator McNary introducing a resolution to appropriate 500000 dollars for dredging and deepening Astoria harbor and the Columbia River at Astoria, aiming to improve navigation and port facilities.
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Columbia River
Astoria
Renewal of 13-Cent Stamp Sought by West Virginia Class
Postmaster General receives petition from American history class at Shepherd College State Normal School urging reissue of 13 cent stamps. They cite 13 as tying to American history with multiple 13s in flags ships and dates and offer designs celebrating the 13 colonies.
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Shepherd College State Normal School
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West Virginia
Post Office Department
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Liberty
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Fort Sumter
General Pershing
France
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Speeding Autoists To Be Examined As to Sanity
Detroit December 21. Judge Charles L Bartlett orders twenty one accused of automobile speeding and two accused of driving through safety zones to be examined as to their sanity. Three have already been examined and found inferior in intelligence and ordered to return in a week or further examination.
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Detroit
Charles L. Bartlett
Arbuckle films barred in multiple cities
Arguing over a supposed return to acting, Arbuckle films were barred in Wenatchee and Indianapolis after city officials and the censoring committee rejected showing the Fatty Arbuckle titles. Walla Walla also ordered Arbuckle pictures barred, with mayor Hill confirming the ongoing prohibition.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
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Arbuckle
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Walla Walla, Wash
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Federation Reiterates Stand Against Arbuckle Return
The Federation of Women's Clubs voted four to one to oppose Arbuckle's return to films following his arrest over the Virginia Rappe case, reaffirming the stance taken soon after the incident.
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Los Angeles
Federation of Women's Clubs
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappex
Oblivion Demanded for Arbuckle by Federation Club
In Minnecaipolis on December 21 the Fifth District of the Federation of Women's Clubs passed a resolution calling for complete oblivion so far as the public is concerned for Arbuckle.
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Bruner Acquitted Husband Slaying in First Degree Trial
In Bount Holly New Jersey on December 21 Mrs Doris Bruner was acquitted of murder and her brother Harry C Moser was convicted of murder in the first degree for the death of her husband circus owner Honest John T Bruner The jury recommended life imprisonment for Moser.
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Foot Loose Movement of Wobblies Ordered
Chicago December reports a new westward push by the footloose Industrial Workers of the World aimed at Los Angeles. The wave follows appeals from marine transport workers and seeks to fill jails where about 140 I W W members are jailed over the San Pedro dock workers dispute.
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Unusual Pilgrimage Marks Christmas Day in Bethlehem
Five hundred Armenian boys and girls from American Near East Relief orphanages in Jerusalem will march to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Christmas Day. They will present gifts made in their industrial school and place them in the Grotto believed to mark Christ's birthplace.
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Instructions Issued to Arrest Hooded Persons
Harrison New Jersey December 21 The city chief of police posted orders authorizing arrest of anyone wearing Ku Klux Klan regalia with hooded unmasking and 10 days imprisonment the common council adopted the rules and require physicians to determine sanity of the individuals involved.
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Congressional Action on $33 Million State and Justice Bills
Washington reports Congress has completed action on 33 million dollar appropriation bills for the Departments of State and Justice.
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Washington
Departments of State and Justice
Charred Bodies Found of Two Airmen Near Arizona
San Francisco reports the charred bodies of Colonel Francis C. Marshall and Lieutenant Charles Webber, found by Pablo Indians on a reservation 75 miles west of Tucson. They had departed San Diego two weeks earlier and were due in Arizona the next morning. A search followed as no trace appeared.
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Francis C. Marshall
Charles Webber
Tuscon
Colonel Marshall
Lieutenant Webber
San Diego
Arizona
Report on missing aviators bodies unconfirmed in Tucson
Tucson December 21 report said to have found the bodies of Marsh and Webber, two missing aviators, but no confirmation had arrived by late afternoon and there is no reason to doubt the report’s authenticity.
Alaska secretary fall may resign amid Alaska policy disputes
Washington dispatch says Secretary Fall's resignation is possible by March 4 if he cannot devote more effort to Alaska policy. Carmi Thompson, an Ohio-born former assistant secretary, is named as possible successor. The report notes heavy opposition to Fall's reforms and Harding’s backing of a new approach for Alaska development.
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Seattle Daily
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Fall
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Harding
Carmi Thompson
Fovernor
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Far West
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Department of the Interior
Ballinger
Pinchot
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House backs Bursum bill to raise veteran pensions
The House adopted the conference report on the Bursum measure increasing Civil and Mexican War veteran pensions from 50 to 72 dollars monthly. The Senate has not yet acted on the report.
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House
Senate
Three Royal Widows to Spend Christmas Together
Dowager Queens Louise of Denmark and Maria Feodorovna of Russia meet Dowager Empress Alexandra at Sandringham for a family reunion. Maria Feodorovna, turning 75, and Louise, 71, join Queen Alexandra in England for the Christmas season with King George V and the royal family amid Alexandra's concern over her sister's health after her son's murder in Ekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
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